When we have computers talking to us so well that we can't distinguish them from other humans, then we will have achieved artificial intelligence for any *practical* purposes. And that would be plenty good enough for me.
It is the Turing test. LLM can pass most of it already. I don't think it is regarded as a proof of intelligence. To me there is zero chance to reach something similar to biological intelligence as long as AI can't experience real world and learn from it in real time. LLMs, which are our most advanced AI, are far from doing this. What can be achieved just by using natural langage is impressive but it clearly has limitations, even Cudennec believes LLM are a dead end. Interesting article: https://medium.com/@pavelgordo...
Is there something more to intelligence than data-processing? And if so, what is it?
We should start by giving a proper definition of intelligence. I guess nobody can agree on one. Obviously LLM sellers have a very loose definition of intelligence so they can claim intelligence and use big words such as reflection and thoughts. Obviously, there is no proof you can't replicate what a brain does(you can't prove that something doesn't exist!) but more importantly LLM are absolutely not a proof you can.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.